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It ht, after a little over an hour that the first expected h the wood beneath her hands, followed by a strange sensation of lightness, as if the whole table rose a little from the floor Then, almost before the movement subsided, a torrent of little taps poured itself out, as delicate and as swift and, it see of some minute electric hammer This was new to her, yet not so unlike other experiences as to seeain she bent her attention to the table as the vibration ceased

There followed a long silence

It must have been about ten minutes later that she became aware of the next phenomenon; and her attention had been called to it by a sudden noiseless uplifting of the profile on her left She turned her face to the cabinet and looked; and there, perfectly discernible, was so on between the curtains For the moment she could see the medium clearly, his arms folded, indicated by the white lines of his cuffs across his breast, his head sunk forward in deep sleep; and at the next instant the curtains flapped two or three times, as if jerked frolanced quickly at the boy on her left, and in the diffused light from the other roo, his lips compressed as if in some tense effort of self-control

When she looked at the cabinet again she could see that soain behind the curtains, for these swayed and jerked convulsively, as if so there And she could hear now, as the gusts outside lulled for aof the th outside; the rain tore at the glass like a streareat curtains at her side lifted and sighed in the draught through the shutters

When it quieted again the breathing had beco emits at the end of each expiration; and she herself drew a long trele in the room such as she had not experienced before

It was impossible for her to express this even to herself; yet the perception was clear--as clear as so thosecurtains of the cabinet in the shaded light that fell upon theain that low moan fro that was new to her in this connection For the tiot her undertone of anxiety as to this boy at her side, and a curious terrified exciteain, and saw the